Communication of BRCA1 and BRCA2 results to at-risk relatives: a cancer risk assessment program's experience.

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Published in Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet on May 15, 2003

Authors

Josephine Wagner Costalas1, Mark Itzen, John Malick, James S Babb, Betsy Bove, Andrew K Godwin, Mary B Daly

Author Affiliations

1: Population Science Division, Family Risk Assessment Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA.

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